diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/docker/docker-compose.yml b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/docker/docker-compose.yml
index cc9cd77ead0a..202180289d96 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+volumes:
+  data: {}
+
 services:
   minio:
     image: minio/minio
@@ -22,16 +25,25 @@ services:
     environment:
       - MINIO_ROOT_USER=minioadmin
       - MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=minioadmin
-      - MINIO_DOMAIN=minio
     ports:
-      - 9001:9001
       - 9000:9000
-    command: ["server", "/data", "--console-address", ":9001"]
+      - 9001:9001
+    volumes:
+      - data:/data
+    command: server /data --console-address ":9001"
+
+  create-bucket:
+    image: minio/mc
+    depends_on:
+      - minio
+    volumes:
+      - data:/data
+    entrypoint: mc mb /data/bucket
 
   iceberg:
     image: tabulario/iceberg-rest
     depends_on:
-      - minio
+      - create-bucket
     hostname: iceberg
     ports:
       - 8181:8181
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/src/integration/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/IntegrationTestBase.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/src/integration/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/IntegrationTestBase.java
index 7b17cc8a6439..f90d4da0379e 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/src/integration/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/IntegrationTestBase.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/src/integration/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/IntegrationTestBase.java
@@ -41,12 +41,10 @@
 import org.assertj.core.api.Condition;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client;
 
 public class IntegrationTestBase {
 
   private final TestContext context = TestContext.INSTANCE;
-  private S3Client s3;
   private Catalog catalog;
   private Admin admin;
   private String connectorName;
@@ -60,18 +58,10 @@ protected TestContext context() {
     return context;
   }
 
-  protected S3Client s3() {
-    return s3;
-  }
-
   protected Catalog catalog() {
     return catalog;
   }
 
-  protected Admin admin() {
-    return admin;
-  }
-
   protected String connectorName() {
     return connectorName;
   }
@@ -82,7 +72,6 @@ protected String testTopic() {
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void baseBefore() {
-    s3 = context.initLocalS3Client();
     catalog = context.initLocalCatalog();
     producer = context.initLocalProducer();
     admin = context.initLocalAdmin();
@@ -102,7 +91,6 @@ public void baseAfter() {
     }
     producer.close();
     admin.close();
-    s3.close();
   }
 
   protected void assertSnapshotProps(TableIdentifier tableIdentifier, String branch) {
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/src/integration/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/TestContext.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/src/integration/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/TestContext.java
index d65ea19317fb..729d4bb264e5 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/src/integration/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/TestContext.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/src/integration/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/TestContext.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import org.apache.iceberg.CatalogProperties;
@@ -36,10 +34,6 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.ComposeContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsBasicCredentials;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.StaticCredentialsProvider;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client;
 
 public class TestContext {
 
@@ -50,7 +44,6 @@ public class TestContext {
   private static final int MINIO_PORT = 9000;
   private static final int CATALOG_PORT = 8181;
   private static final String BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS = "localhost:29092";
-  private static final String BUCKET = "bucket";
   private static final String AWS_ACCESS_KEY = "minioadmin";
   private static final String AWS_SECRET_KEY = "minioadmin";
   private static final String AWS_REGION = "us-east-1";
@@ -60,10 +53,6 @@ private TestContext() {
         new ComposeContainer(new File("./docker/docker-compose.yml"))
             .waitingFor("connect", Wait.forHttp("/connectors"));
     container.start();
-
-    try (S3Client s3 = initLocalS3Client()) {
-      s3.createBucket(req -> req.bucket(BUCKET));
-    }
   }
 
   public void startConnector(KafkaConnectUtils.Config config) {
@@ -75,21 +64,6 @@ public void stopConnector(String name) {
     KafkaConnectUtils.stopConnector(name);
   }
 
-  public S3Client initLocalS3Client() {
-    try {
-      return S3Client.builder()
-          .endpointOverride(new URI("http://localhost:" + MINIO_PORT))
-          .region(Region.of(AWS_REGION))
-          .forcePathStyle(true)
-          .credentialsProvider(
-              StaticCredentialsProvider.create(
-                  AwsBasicCredentials.create(AWS_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY)))
-          .build();
-    } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-    }
-  }
-
   public Catalog initLocalCatalog() {
     String localCatalogUri = "http://localhost:" + CATALOG_PORT;
     RESTCatalog result = new RESTCatalog();